FOR SAMA (18)

WHO’S IN IT?

(as themselves) Hamza Al-Khateab, Sama Al-Khateab, Waad Al-Khateab

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Waad Al-Khateab (film debut), director, producer, cinematographer; Edward Watts (film debut), director; Nainita Desai (Lost in Lebanon), composer; Chloe Lambourne (film debut) and Simon McMahon (Virgin Soldiers), editors

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Waad al-Kateab documents five years of her life in Aleppo, Syria where she falls in love, gets married, and gives birth to a daughter named Sama – all while cataclysmic conflict unfolds around her…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

The war in Syria is given a fresh new female perspective from award-winning filmmaker Waad al-Kateab, who lived through unspeakable horrors to acquire some of the most haunting imagery ever associated with the conflict.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 13TH SEPTEMBER 2019

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